The suspect’s name is not being released because he is a juvenile. “We’re going to bring him to justice and there is no plea deal on the table for anything”, Rosell said. He was taken into custody soon afterward, with his mother screaming in agony.
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KRON 4 sources confirm the suspect raped, strangled and stabbed Middleton before carrying her body downstairs to the apartment complex’s parking lot and dumping her body into a recycling bin. “If you just opened the top of the bin, you would not have seen the body”. The complex was an old tannery that was turned into apartments or work spaces for individuals with low or moderate incomes.
“We heard that it was possibly a awful accident, that something went all wrong”, neighbor Jeannie Cartabiano told The Washington Post in a phone interview late Monday night.
Investigators saw the boy standing near the bin, Vogel said, and police believe he was watching them as they searched.
Video recordings, witness statements and Maddy’s belongings linked Gonzalez to the crime, according to a Santa Cruz Police Department statement.
“From the community’s standpoint, we mostly feel like these are our babies”, Porter said.
“They were alone in the apartment”, the chief said.
Adrian Jerry Gonzalez was charged with murder, kidnapping and sexual assault, Rosell said during a news conference outside the Santa Cruz County Courthouse this morning. “And it’s disgusting. It’s just frightful”, said resident Yasmina Porter, whose children, ages 11 and 13, played with both the victim and the suspect.
Middleton’s parents satisfied with detectives Wednesday night and again at headquarters on Monday to acquire improvements in regards to the location in their daughter. The source said Gonzalez’ motive was that he was suicidal and wanted to see the reaction to Maddy’s death. I can’t speculate for A.J. or his mental health history, but to do something like that, he must have had some history we didn’t know about,”Silas said”. “Sometimes we understand them, sometimes we don’t”.
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“It unfolded in minutes”, Medina said, adding that Maddy was “always joyful”. Photos show him proudly demonstrating his yo-yo tricks. The Tannery Arts Center is a public-private nonprofit project that includes one hundred affordable apartments for unique artists and their families, a café, dance facilities and art studios. People who had never met before hugged and consoled each other. “The details of which will come out in court”.
